Intro:  CmSus2      CmSus2    
 
 
              
So you just ke

       
ep on drinking

 
              
And you try to

   
 forget 
            
How they strun

              
g up Joe Byrne

              
 from the jail

        
house door 
            
   Like a mari

  
onette 
 
 
              
He was dead fo

       
r two days 
              
and I'll tell 

        
you no lies 
            
With the press

              
 still around 

              
him, making th

     
eir money 
            
Shooting postc

              
ards of him th

           
rough the flie

s 
 
 
 
            
Close your eye

    
s, Kate 
            
and I'll sing 

         
you to sleep 
            
Close your eye

    
s, Kate 
            
Your dreams wi

        
ll be sweet 
            
Kate Kelly, Ka

     
te Kelly 
    
I'm going to s

ing you to sle

ep 
 
 
              
Ned rose up fr

        
om the mist 
              
A man made of 

    
iron 
            
Fighting his w

              
ay to the smou

         
ldering inn 
            
Where Joe, and

              
 his brother, 

      
were dying 
 
 
              
They had to sh

            
oot out his le

 
gs, Kate 
              
But if you cou

      
ld sleep 
            
You could forg

              
et that they c

            
ut off his hea

d 
            
For the warden

             
's own paperwe

ight 
 
 
 
            
Close your eye

    
s, Kate 
            
and I'll sing 

         
you to sleep 
            
Close your eye

    
s, Kate 
            
Your dreams wi

        
ll be sweet 
          
Don't wait aro

und here 
            
May your soul 

         
rest in peace 
            
Kate Kelly, Ka

     
te Kelly 
    
I'm going to s

ing you to sle

ep 
 
 
 
              
And now you do

  
 horse tricks 
              
In a wild west

  
 show 
            
Sharpshooting 

              
Kate, the last

         
 of the Kellys

 
            
Now the queen 

        
of the rodeo 
 
 
             
Was Joe your l

 
over? 
              
Did he send yo

        
u some word? 
            
A friend to yo

              
ur brothers al

              
l the way to t

    
he end 
            
Where as broth

              
ers-in-arms th

           
ey would fall 
 
 
            
Close your eye

    
s, Kate 
            
and I'll sing 

         
you to sleep 
            
Close your eye

    
s, Kate 
            
Your dreams wi

        
ll be sweet 
            
Kate Kelly, Ka

     
te Kelly 
    
I'm going to s

ing you to sle

ep 
            
Kate Kelly, Ka

     
te Kelly 
    
I'm going to s

ing you to sle

ep 
 
 
              
So you just ke

       
ep on drinking

 
              
And you try to

   
 forget 
            
How they strun

              
g up Joe Byrne

              
 from the jail

        
house door 
            
   Like a mari

        
onette